Transatlantic steam packets and new publications trade
Ships Shannon Thames and others set sail for Dublin and Falmouth with Sunday and Friday departures. The General Steam Navigation Company advertises routes to Hamburg Antwerp Amsterdam and Rotterdam with weekly departures and freight details. The piece notes life office policies, notable publications and a coroner's inquest on a fatal fire caused by a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Bel
Plymouth
Falmouth
Shannon
H. Mills
Thames
W. Donan
John-street
Cratched Friars
Regent Circus
Ee Ailly
Dublin Steam Company
Alais
Rotterdam
Antwerp
de Bie
Rabn
Crescent
Hinories
Norman
Water Lane
Tower-street
Messrs
Hall
Custom House Quay
Black
Brighton
Scates
Ramsgate
Carter
Margate
Cowie
Foreign
St. Martin’s-le-Grand
Colman
Baring-Cross
Underwood
Haymarket
Spread Eagle
Regent-circus
Piccadilly
Lombard Street
Charles Bessell
Sec
General Steam Navigation Company
Lombard-street
Court of King's Bench at Guildhall adjourns to January 10
The Nisi Prius sittings before Lord Denman closed for half an hour on the last day of term with nothing of public interest. The court adjourned to January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF King’s Bench
Guildhall
Nisi Prius
Deuman Atda
Osier thefts and impostor detector at Westminster
Police report a Fulham osier theft case against George and Henry King from Samuel Walden with witness Elizabeth Mack finally identifying the suspects. Separate items cover shoplifting, an impostor Sharps and a Wardrobe watchmaker fraud, and a New South Wales candidate coat theft case leading to three months of hard labour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen - Square
George
Henry Kings Brothers
Fulham
Messrs. White
Gregorie
Samuel Walden
Walham-green
Walden
Fulham Meadows
Elizabeth Mack
Wandsworth
Sarah Shaw
Gregorre
Miss Dutton
Bridge Road
Westminster
Charles Dutton
John Gillard
James Brown
Burrell
Edward Mitchell
Lambeth Terrace
Lambeth
House of Correction
Mitchell
William Geach
Vincent Square
Nessrs
Gregorie and White
George Colley
Weekly
Police Gazette
Swopenny Dispatch
Colley
Vauxhall Road
Regentstreet
Magistates
James Owen
Currie
Owen
Wrangle
Watchero
Union Hall
New South Wales
Thomas Morrin
Thomas Pead
King’s Bench Prison
Jowden
Britannia
Henry Ease
Piper
M Division
Beak
Incendiary Fires at Rotherhithe Police Trial Commences
William Palmer a Thames police officer faced a fifth examination on charges of wilfully and maliciously setting fire to multiple premises in Rotherhithe. The crowded Thames magistrates court heard witness testimony about Pitman and Co. barge premises, a questionable lantern, and a threatening letter to a shipwright, with Palmer committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
William Palmer
Ballantine
Thames
Rotherhithe
Curling
Chambers
Combe
Kell
Stephens
R Dvision
Mr. Kell
Hamilton
Bert
Messrs. Pitkin’s and Co
Matthews
Christall
Omsk
Rowley
R Division
James Callender
Pitwan’s Wharf
James Stagg
London Fire Establishment
Christall, Matthews, Hartree
Jenkins
Stagg
Mr. Ballantine
Kidd
Garrett
Standard
Caroline Pat
Short
Rotherhithe Street
Pitman
Cutting
Mr. Chambers
Mr. Short
Evans
Mesers
Mr. Pitman
Speck
Reinman
Jenking
Ofence
Metropolitan Police
Cutling
Jane Gavl
Central Criminal Court
Insolvent Crossfield Rehearing Ends in Prison Term
In the case of John Johnstone Crossfield before the learned Chief Commissioner and Commissioners Harris and Bowen a rehearing was granted for concealment of property. The insolvent plumber glazier, jailed since July, admitted false entries and fraudulent concealment. The court ruled Mr Thomas Smith a creditor, despite prior bankruptcy, revoked the former adjudication, and sentenced Crossfield to 19 months imprisonment from petition date, noting his critical illness and the risk of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris and Bowen
John Johnstone Crossfield
Drury Lane
Thomas Smith
Whitecross-street
Smith
Bowen
Grand Civic Entertainment for His Majesty's Ministers
The Lord Mayor hosted a grand banquet in Egyptian Hall for His Majesty's Ministers and London aristocracy, with 250 attendees including Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, and bishops. Toasts honored the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor, and Lord Hill, praising public order, constitutional government, and the new ministry.
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London
Robert Peel
Duke of Wellington
Archbishop of Canterbury
Earl of Jersey
Earl of Rosslyn
Wharncliffe
Eilenborough
Earl of Aberdeen
Vesey Fitzgerald
Marquis of Salisbury
Munster
Earl of Carnarvon
Strangford
Burghersh
G. Somerset
F. Somerset
Maryborough
Lord Mahon
Lord Ashley
Lowther
Enterden
House of Commons
Henry Goulburn
Mr. Herries
E. Knatchbull
Henry Hardinge
George Murray
E. Sugden
J. Scarrett
J. Beckett
F. Pollock
J. W. Croker
W. Ward
Str. Lyall
M. Attwood
Mr. Buckler
St. G. Tucker
The
East India House
Lally Peel
Countess of Jersey
Howley
Canterbury
Wharecliffe
Emily Hardinge
Ann Beckett
Georgiana Wortley
Mahon
Hherring
Victoria
Great Britain
Thes
Lord Hill
Canterury
England
Bar of
Hear
J. Scarlett
Sir Robert Pee
Great
Mas
Lord Lyndhurst
Sir J
Scarlett
Herar
Wellington
Balderacta
Hay
Akane
Sayor
Barop
Ises
Ard
Bohl
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General Oreign
Fes
Ostend
Ing Ev
Ounty Fire Office
Ban Pon
Par Wiry
Thomas Parker
Sleath
Walter Strickland
William Welby, Bart
Ani Barber Beaumont
John G. Booth
Francis Const
Lord Northwick
Ned Bart
Henry Pynn
A. Beaumont
Foreign Quarterly Review
MR. Clay
Tower Hamlets
William Clay
Ray
M.P
J. G. Haromock
Wdon
Effingham Wilson Wilson
Royal Exchange
Sir Jonah Barrington
Ireland
Union
Sir Joash Barrington
Sipeneie
Npiuranci
Suok
Vovaces
SEA Service
Spain
Aril Perse PO
Perro Ie
Radcliffe
the Mirror
John Limbird
Germany
Slr
Wolff
Belles Lettres
University of Janz
von Harmmer
Atheneum
Esher-street
Holywell-street
Millbank
Westinster
George Henekey and CO
Gray's Inn Wine Establishment
High Holborn
Agave Wurther
J. T. Betts and Co
Betts
Butis
J.T. Batts and Co
Betts and Co
No.7
Smithfield-bare
London Hospital
Sarah Dix
Jao
Crue
Papen, Paixt. &c
Sud
Kyi Wietion
LAW Intelligence
Police Intelligence
Charles Denyer
Chapel-street
Stockwell
John Moore
Queen’s Head
Westminster Road
Paddington
Town Hall
Madras
Bengal
Strathell
Moramint
Frankfort
Gerwany
Amsterdam
Hamburgh
Paris
Upen
Madrid
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